NEW YORK -- They started standing in Madison Square Garden 15 minutes before the game Wednesday, when a faraway shot of the Knicks' hallway huddle was shown on the JumboTron. They stayed standing, some 19,000 strong, while Carmelo Anthony went through warmups and grooved to "STAT and Melo," a remix of Wiz Khalifa's Black and Yellow. And they gave Anthony a thundering ovation when his spot in the lineup was announced. Carmelo Anthony may have been excited to be in New York, but no more than New York was excited to have him.